Revista Mexicana de Física
Green function method and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation
Carlos A Trallero-Herrero, Victor Lopez‐Richard, Julio C. Drake-Pérez, G. E. Marques
Abstract
"The time-independent one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation for a Bose-Einstein condensate is solved by using Green functionformalism atT=0 K. From the integral GP equation, the analytical solution for the order parameter,©(x), and the chemical potential,π, has been formally obtained as functions of a single dimensionless parameter. The obtained solutions are valid in the whole range ofnegative and positive values of the non-linear interaction term that is used to characterize the condensates of alkali atoms. A function hasbeen introduced in order to describe the accumulated error that allows a comparative analysis with respect to known methods of solutionsuch as the Thomas-Fermi approximation and the “bright” soliton. This study sets universal ranges of parameters where analytical solutionscan be implemented."